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Ask Greg: Issue 162
Erik Asks: I've been seriously training for roughly a year with best lifts of 100/123 as a 94. My question is this, I often find my grip on the bar changes during the clean during the lift so that my hands are uneven, and this only gets worse whe... Continue reading
Erik Asks: I've been seriously training for roughly a year with best lifts of 100/123 as a 94. My question is this, I often find my grip on the bar changes during the clean during the lift so that my hands are uneven, and this only gets worse whe... Continue reading
Picking the Right Weight Class & When It’s Time to Change
I’m not sure how old you are, but I’m going to roll the dice and assume many of you remember the late 90s when the Y2K hysteria was running rampant. The year 2000 was approaching, and society was abuzz with harebrained theories about how ... Continue reading
I’m not sure how old you are, but I’m going to roll the dice and assume many of you remember the late 90s when the Y2K hysteria was running rampant. The year 2000 was approaching, and society was abuzz with harebrained theories about how ... Continue reading
Champions Change Their Character
When striving to be the best we can be athletically, we need a plan. One of the obvious elements to this plan is the physical training. We are going to need programming that schedules practice of skills, strength building, and conditioning. A common ... Continue reading
When striving to be the best we can be athletically, we need a plan. One of the obvious elements to this plan is the physical training. We are going to need programming that schedules practice of skills, strength building, and conditioning. A common ... Continue reading
True or False: Natural Fruit Sugars Are Better for You Than Refined Sugar
In recent years, sugar has become the latest bogeyman of the healthy eating movement. There’s an increasing amount of evidence that, when consumed to excess, sugar can have a negative effect on your health, not to mention athletic performance. ... Continue reading
In recent years, sugar has become the latest bogeyman of the healthy eating movement. There’s an increasing amount of evidence that, when consumed to excess, sugar can have a negative effect on your health, not to mention athletic performance. ... Continue reading
True or False: Lifting with a Flexed Spine is Bad for Your Back
We’ve all heard that correct deadlift form involves keeping your back straight. We’ve seen that guy in the gym pulling way too much weight off the floor with his knees practically straight and his spine a perfect semi-circle. You know the... Continue reading
We’ve all heard that correct deadlift form involves keeping your back straight. We’ve seen that guy in the gym pulling way too much weight off the floor with his knees practically straight and his spine a perfect semi-circle. You know the... Continue reading
Change Your Mental Approach to Training
Lifting: Is there any sport as mentally taxing as ours? True, one can argue that any sport requires diligent focus and positive mentality, but this is most especially true in weightlifting where the difference between making lifts and missing them ca... Continue reading
Lifting: Is there any sport as mentally taxing as ours? True, one can argue that any sport requires diligent focus and positive mentality, but this is most especially true in weightlifting where the difference between making lifts and missing them ca... Continue reading
Barbell Lessons: Patience to the Hip
A microcosm or a metaphor would never do it justice. The beautiful mind-mess that is weightlifting often depicts life’s universal truths. Lessons on the platform parallel lessons in life in an accelerated fashion. You’ll be lucky to apply... Continue reading
A microcosm or a metaphor would never do it justice. The beautiful mind-mess that is weightlifting often depicts life’s universal truths. Lessons on the platform parallel lessons in life in an accelerated fashion. You’ll be lucky to apply... Continue reading
Interview: Snow Charpentier
Right away, I have to give Snow Charpentier a big thank-you. An old friend and fellow lifter I’ve known for years was supposed to do an interview for me last month, but she was taking forever to get it done (I won’t mention any names, but... Continue reading
Right away, I have to give Snow Charpentier a big thank-you. An old friend and fellow lifter I’ve known for years was supposed to do an interview for me last month, but she was taking forever to get it done (I won’t mention any names, but... Continue reading
Ask Greg: Issue 161
Mark Asks: Many weightlifting podcasts, training manual and books spend a lot of time focusing on how to train and perfecting form, while other aspects of the weightlifting life are overlooked or brushed over, such as recovery and nutrition. My quest... Continue reading
Mark Asks: Many weightlifting podcasts, training manual and books spend a lot of time focusing on how to train and perfecting form, while other aspects of the weightlifting life are overlooked or brushed over, such as recovery and nutrition. My quest... Continue reading
Sharing Warmup Platforms at Weightlifting Meets: The Mine-Mine-Mine Generation
Many of you are on social media, and some of you might be on my Facebook friend list. If you are, you probably read a little post I wrote on my page a few weeks ago. I called it my “Weightlifting Thought of the Day” because I wanted it to... Continue reading
Many of you are on social media, and some of you might be on my Facebook friend list. If you are, you probably read a little post I wrote on my page a few weeks ago. I called it my “Weightlifting Thought of the Day” because I wanted it to... Continue reading
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